asked the Minister for Justice the number of Circuit court decrees and judgments given in each county in each of the last three years.
Written Answers. - Court Judgments and Decrees.
993.
The number of Circuit Court decrees given in defended cases and the number of judgments entered by default or by consent in each county in the State during the years ended 31 July 1979, 31 July 1980 and 31 July 1981 were as follows:—
|
County |
Years |
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|
1978-79 |
1979-80 |
1980-81 |
|
|
(1/8/78-31/7/79) |
(1/8/79-31/7/80) |
(1/8/80-31/7/81) |
|
|
Carlow |
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|
Decrees |
22 |
22 |
17 |
|
Judgments |
61 |
140 |
159 |
|
Cavan |
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|
Decrees |
91 |
76 |
106 |
|
Judgments |
91 |
167 |
300 |
|
Clare |
|||
|
Decrees |
39 |
24 |
35 |
|
Judgments |
74 |
137 |
214 |
|
County |
Years |
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|
1978-79 |
1979-80 |
1980-81 |
|
|
(1/8/78-31/7/79) |
(1/8/79-31/7/80) |
(1/8/80-31/7/81) |
|
|
Cork |
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|
Decrees |
257 |
263 |
336 |
|
Judgments |
666 |
945 |
1,695 |
|
Donegal |
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|
Decrees |
39 |
36 |
47 |
|
Judgments |
125 |
177 |
346 |
|
Dublin |
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|
Decrees |
413 |
520 |
528 |
|
Judgments |
3,519 |
5,290 |
7,149 |
|
Galway |
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|
Decrees |
52 |
41 |
59 |
|
Judgments |
144 |
248 |
501 |
|
Kerry |
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|
Decrees |
34 |
59 |
70 |
|
Judgments |
149 |
198 |
296 |
|
Kildare |
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|
Decrees |
41 |
64 |
104 |
|
Judgments |
209 |
252 |
695 |
|
Kilkenny |
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|
Decrees |
25 |
37 |
60 |
|
Judgments |
54 |
124 |
218 |
|
Laois |
|||
|
Decrees |
14 |
35 |
29 |
|
Judgments |
63 |
126 |
158 |
|
Leitrim |
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|
Decrees |
8 |
21 |
21 |
|
Judgments |
28 |
44 |
57 |
|
Limerick |
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|
Decrees |
33 |
29 |
73 |
|
Judgments |
264 |
284 |
425 |
|
Longford |
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|
Decrees |
19 |
32 |
22 |
|
Judgments |
53 |
110 |
162 |
|
Louth |
|||
|
Decrees |
100 |
85 |
98 |
|
Judgments |
126 |
266 |
328 |
|
Mayo |
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|
Decrees |
43 |
87 |
79 |
|
Judgments |
111 |
167 |
333 |
|
Meath |
|||
|
Decrees |
80 |
75 |
134 |
|
Judgments |
232 |
351 |
724 |
|
Monaghan |
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|
Decrees |
56 |
62 |
* |
|
Judgments |
108 |
142 |
|
|
Offaly |
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|
Decrees |
25 |
27 |
19 |
|
Judgments |
78 |
121 |
206 |
|
Roscommon |
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|
Decrees |
19 |
21 |
35 |
|
Judgments |
53 |
68 |
127 |
|
Sligo |
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|
Decrees |
13 |
25 |
27 |
|
Judgments |
39 |
68 |
155 |
|
Tipperary |
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|
Decrees |
76 |
95 |
75 |
|
Judgments |
307 |
403 |
519 |
|
Waterford |
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|
Decrees |
40 |
29 |
36 |
|
Judgments |
164 |
197 |
341 |
|
Wexford |
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|
Decrees |
25 |
45 |
36 |
|
Judgments |
131 |
135 |
362 |
|
Wicklow |
|||
|
Decrees |
25 |
25 |
25 |
|
Judgments |
367 |
230 |
612 |
|
Westmeath |
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|
Decrees |
45 |
50 |
47 |
|
Judgments |
103 |
466 |
216 |
* Figures for Monaghan for the year 1980-81 are not available because records were destroyed by fire in the courthouse in May, 1981.